Where have you been, James? Obviously not reading all the OT threads
that have addressed most of your questions over the past year. :-)
jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Help Help Help,
> I am sitting in a internet cafe a short walk from a camera shop in london
> with a canon 5d in it.
> I want to buy it to use my olympus and tamron lenses since it has a full
> size sensor and om adapters seem to be available for it. Has anyone tried
> this already???
Yes, expensive adapter can be had for $175 from CameraQuest or for as
little as $20-30 on the bay. There's both good and bad quality
available. Just avoid the aluminum ones and buy stainless steel (if you
can find it) or chrome plated brass. Make sure the adapter has a stop
down pin for the OM lenses.
> does the metering work? especially spot and centre weighted
Yes, but you may have to calibrate a particular lens. The accuracy of
the metering may depend on lens, metering mode and aperture. Moose can
answer this better than me since I almost never use anything but an
external meter. Strange, my 5D has a spot meter and I've never even
turned it on yet.
> does the mirror hit the rear elements?
No
> in short is it workable?
Very. Just no autofocus or diaphragm automation. Kind of like the
shift lenses.
> please help me find some reasons not to wipe out my bank balance!
> please find me some reasons not to go digital!!!
Other than money there aren't any. The 5D is a superior imaging instrument.
> the lenses I want to use are
> olympus 21 f3.5
> olympus 24 f2 or f2.8
> olympus 24 shift
> olympus 28 f2
> olympus 35 f2 or 2.8
> olympus 35 shift
> olympus 50 f1.8
> olympus 35-70 f3.6
> tamron 90mm f2.5
> tamron 80-200 f2.8
> tamron 60-300
> it would also be nice if it worked with the auto bellows...
It does but requires a short extension tube between body and bellows to
clear the prism hump on the front of the Canon body.
Chuck Norcutt
>
> Any and all comments and experiences with the 5d and mo adapter would be
> appreciated
>
> James
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